Wow. A new image of the Sun.

[Aethon]

I hope the HTML tags work.

http://www.universetoday.com/114209/enjoy-this-eye-meltingly-awesome-photo-of-our-sun/#more-114209

Nope. Crap. Guess you'll hafta click. Is it possible to get a file like this to show on the Forum?

[Fixed by sal_vager, click image for full size]

Edited August 29, 2014 by Aethon

[How2FoldSoup]

here

I copied the pic location and uploaded it to imgur and posted from there. There may be another way to do it *shrugs*

It is incredible though

Edit: Removed redundant picture

I did really like this one too, with Earth for scale.

Second Edit: Original link from the OP: http://www.avertedimagination.com/img_pages/sunejection.html

Edited August 29, 2014 by How2FoldSoup

[Camacha]

If you look really carefully in the lower left corner you will see a banana for scale.

[Vanamonde]

Funny how this looks like it could either me a star, or an electron microscope picture of a pollen grain.

[sal_vager]

I'll see if I can make it work.

Edit: YES!, I'll update the OP, click to enbiggenate.

[Jetwave]

Very cool. Never seen that kind of texture on a picture of the sun before. It looks kinda like fur

[Red Iron Crown]

I'm not clear, is this an actual image or a rendering? Awesome either way.

[Felsmak]

Wow. That's magnificent.

[Kryten]

By removing the link you've removed all context for the picture.

[softweir]

I'm not clear, is this an actual image or a rendering? Awesome either way.

It's the sun, seen through the appropriate filters. There may have been some digital processing, but not necessarily.

@OP: Could you link to the original site this came from? Thanks!

[How2FoldSoup]

I've updated my second post with the link until the OP can edit his post.

[Aethon]

Thanks sal!

Yeah, sorry. I figured this would draw no interest because it needed to be clicked so I left it.

http://www.universetoday.com/114209/enjoy-this-eye-meltingly-awesome-photo-of-our-sun/#more-114209

[Aethon]

By removing the link you've removed all context for the picture.

The intended context is it's the sun.

[Brotoro]

That 'furriness' is the spicules, which are gas jets that make the outer edge of the chromosphere ragged. Very nice picture.

[lajoswinkler]

Yes, the "fur" are spiculi, collosal structures towering above photosphere.

[Tommygun]

Funny how this looks like it could either me a star, or an electron microscope picture of a pollen grain.

That's what I thought too.

It almost looks contagious.

[YNM]

That's cool... surely all of that is because of the H-alpha filter, no ? (including the limb brightening)

[lajoswinkler]

That's cool... surely all of that is because of the H-alpha filter, no ? (including the limb brightening)

Yes, this is best viewed through H-alpha filter, and that's what the dude did. It's quite fascinating how we're able to see such things in detail from the planet's surface.

[Aethon]

Aww you like your nice Sun don't you ok now what else?...

How the Sun gets it's groove.

http://www.space.com/26956-proton-fusion-sun-power-source-infographic.html

The Strong Nuclear Force.

http://aether.lbl.gov/elements/stellar/strong/strong.html

Has science fully explained sunshine?

http://theconversation.com/explainer-how-does-our-sun-shine-30917

Edited August 31, 2014 by Aethon

[GreeningGalaxy]

Hydrogen and time, everybody.

Thinking about all that amazing complexity that arises when a bunch of hydrogen finds itself in one place gives me chills.

Stars, though. Just wow.

[YNM]

Yes, this is best viewed through H-alpha filter, and that's what the dude did. It's quite fascinating how we're able to see such things in detail from the planet's surface.

Hydrogen and time, everybody.

Thinking about all that amazing complexity that arises when a bunch of hydrogen finds itself in one place gives me chills.

Stars, though. Just wow.

Just love the fact that our 1/2 day, 1/2 degrees buddy is a hot plasma with all it's complexity. Different colors, different features... "dry ground" on ND filter and "grass" on H-alpha...

Anyway, planet ? I hope that's in the sense of it wandering against the "fixed" distant stars.

[Aethon]

And fusing plasma, I mean c'mon. That's sorta like fire, but so far beyond fire as to be incomprehensible. Remember those novelty plasma touchy balls.

Truly remarkable what they can do nowadays..

[lajoswinkler]

The rate of energy release per unit of space in Solar core actually very, very small. It's the Sun's huge size that's responsible for so much heat. It adds up.

Our metabolism has more energy density than the Sun.

[kurja]

I've dabbled with telescopes and astrophotography a bit, never with sun filters, though it interests me. So when I saw this image I started thinking about how it was made and thought that hmm the sun, it's nice because you don't need to stay up all night to observe it... or might the image be clearer at night, like it is with the moon?

oh wait

[Aethon]

Lol. Thanks for not editing.